Improvement in weath er-strips for doors



4UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

S. XV. PERKINS, OF GENESEO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN -WEATHERSTRIPS FOR DOORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,552, dated October 4, 1864.

.To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, S. W. PERKINs, of Geneseo, in the county of Henry and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved VVeather-Strip; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact dej scription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichy Figure l is an outer side view of a door having my invention applied to it 5 Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same, taken in the line .t at, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line y y, Fig. l; Fig. 4, a detached view of the bottom plate pertaining to the invention; Fig. 5, a view ofthe inner side of the lower part of one of the jambs of the door-frame.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

This invention relates to a new and inlproved weather-strip for doors and windows; and it consists in a novel application of two plates to a door or window-one at the bottoni and the other at one edge-as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby rain is eifectually prevented from being driven by the wind underneath a door or window or between the disengaged edge of the same and the jamb against which it closes.

A represents a door, and B a door frame, the former being hinged to the latter in the ordinary manner. These parts, being well known and possessing no novelty, do not require a special description.

To the lower` part of the door A, at its outer side, there is attached, by screws or otherwise, a Ametallic plate, C, between which and the door there is inserted a plate` D. This plate D has an oblique slot, a, made through it, in which a pin, b, in the door is fitted. (See Fig. 4., and dotted lines in Fig. l.) The plate D also has another slot, c, made in it toreceive a spring, E, which is attached to the door A, said spring having a tendency to keep the plate D pressed upward, so that its lower edge will be ilush with the bottom edge of the door. (See Fig. 4..) The plate D, when thus held or pressed up, has one of its ends d extending beyond the hinged edge of the door, while the opposite end, which is provided with a lip or projection, e, projects beyond the opposite edge of the door.

The edge of the door opposite to that which is connected by hinges to the frame is slotted its whole length to receive a plate, F, which has two parallel oblique slots, ff, made in it, through which pins g g pass. This plate F is allowed to slide freely in its slot, the gravity of the plate having a tendency to keep its outer edge flush with the edge of the door.

To the inner side of the lower part of the jamb H of the door-frame against which the door closes there are attached two plates, z'

, both of which are shown clearly in Fig. 5.

One of these plates, z', vis beveled at its lower edge, while the other one, t', is beveled at its upper edge.

Thev operation is as follows: As the door is being closed, and just previous to its coming in contact with the shoulder j of the jamb against which it closes, the lip e of the plate D comes in contact with the plate i and causes the end of said plate from which the lip e projects to be pressed down, while the opposite end d comes in contact with the shoulder j of the other jamb and causes the plate D to be moved laterally in the direction indicated by arrow l; and in consequence of the pin a being fitted in the oblique slot b the opposite end of plate D will be forced down, and said plate will project down in front of the sill G of the door-frame, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. About the same time that the lip c of plate D strikes the plate t' the lower plate, i', strikes the lower edge of the plate F, a slot, lt, being made in the bottom of the door to receive the plate i. The plate F by this means is slightly' raised andv forced outward beyond the edge of the door, so as to be brought in close contact with the jamb to which the shoulder j is attached. By this means the door, when closed, is rendered perfectly weather-proof. In opening the door,

the spring E presses the plate D upward, so that its lower edge will pass above the sill G, while the plate F will fall back by its own gravity.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The phite D, provided with the oblique slotsff, with pins gg ttcd in them, said plate slot a and having a pin, b, fitted in it, and being applied tothe door to operate in coualso provided with the slot c to receive the nection with the plate z" substantially as and spring F, and applied to the door to opfor the purpose specified.

erate in connection with plate i in the man- S. W. PERKINS. ner Substantially as and for the purpose seb VVitneSess: forth. J. F. DRESSER,

2. The plate F, provided with the oblique JOSEPH WESTLEY. 

